What is a single patio door?
A single patio door is one hinged door leaf, glazed to let in light, that opens onto your garden, patio or balcony. Choose it when your opening is too narrow for a sliding or double door, or when you want one neat access point to the outside.
The door swings open on hinges instead of sliding along a track. That gives you a wide clear opening for its size, and a traditional look that suits most UK homes.
Your door comes made to measure, so it fits your exact opening. You do not have to build around a standard size.
Single patio door or single French door?
A single French door is a type of single patio door. The name describes the style: a hinged, fully glazed door, often divided by glazing bars into separate panes. So every single French door is a patio door, but not every patio door is French in style.
Want the classic look with glazing bars? Choose a French design. Prefer a cleaner face with fewer bars? A plain single patio door gives you the same access with a more modern line.
If your opening is wide and you want the glass to slide rather than swing, see our sliding patio doors instead.
Choose your material: uPVC, pine or alu-clad timber
You can order your single patio door in three materials, each built for UK weather.
uPVC gives you a low-maintenance door. It needs little more than an occasional wipe with pH-neutral soap and lukewarm water.
Nordic pine gives you a natural timber door with a painted finish. Check the paint from time to time, and more often on the sides of the house that face the sun.
Alu-clad timber wraps a pine core in an aluminium shell. You get the warmth of wood inside and a weatherproof face outside that needs very little upkeep.
Every material comes with up to 12 years' warranty, and you can choose double or triple glazing to suit your home. Your door comes in white as standard, with other colour options available.
Door designs, from 1-light to 15-light
You can choose from more than 20 door designs. The "light" count tells you how many glass panes the door has, from a single-pane 1-light door up to a 15-light design with a fine grid of glazing bars.
For a modern look, fewer lights keep the glass open and the sightlines clean. For a period or cottage look, more lights give you that traditional divided appearance.
Some models add a solid lower panel, and you can pick a low-panel version if you want more glass down the door. For even more daylight, choose a single French door with opening sidelights, so the side windows open alongside the main door. See the range on our French doors page.
Made to measure and built in our own factory
Every SparWindows patio door is made to order in our own factory, so it fits your opening and matches the options you pick.
Each door comes with a fix mode as standard. You can add optional vents, choose from different thresholds, and set the glazing you need.
All our doors are UK-CA marked. You choose the options that meet UK Building Regulations for your home, including toughened safety glass where the rules require it, so your door is compliant from the day it goes in.
Discover our range of backyard patio doors
Here, you will find a wide range of patio doors and single french doors that can be used to provide easy access to the patio/garden, to a balcony or French balcony. At SparWindows you’ll find a great range of patio doors – with or without glazing bars. If you’re looking for a patio door that lets in even more natural light, you might be interested in our range of patio doors with opening sidelight or sliding doors.
You can choose your new patio door in uPVC, quality Nordic pine or aluminium clad timber. All our patio doors are produced directly at our own factory and are made to withstand all weather conditions. All our patio doors are fitted with a fix mode as standard and you can choose to add optional vents, different types of thresholds and much more.
If you are looking for an alternative to a patio door, you might want to check the competitive prices on our range of exterior doors, panelled doors or find the right elements to build your new conservatory.